Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-19

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toes never have been better; very good and
smooth. Wayne-This year has been very
peculiar in some parts of the county. Show
ers of rain would be frequent and in portions
not any rain for weeks at a time, consequently
in some localities crops are good while in
others they are poor Oats are good all over
the county, weighing thirty five pounds to the
bushel Story-It is impossible to give more
than an estimate of crops, as they are 80
spotted and 50 unequal in every place.
Polk-We are having plenty of rain and
fall feed is getting good. The quality of
grass is good and it was well earned during
harvest time. Marshall--Not more than one
fifth Of a crop of wheat was threshed some
not cut and some made into hay. VIII be
but little more than half of crop of
corn. Some fields good and others failure.
A considerable quantity of it cut up for feed
on account of the failure of the hay crop.
Potatoes scarce and high. There had been
several heavy rains, causing good growth
of all feed Mlls-Not one acre OF hops in
the county. OBrien-Grass growing lux
uriously and wild prairie grass still green,
good prospects. Corn ripe and excellent
crop. This county very prosperous. NO
drought to hurt anything during the season.
Plenty of rain. The land is being fall plowed
in fine condition. Wnneshek-The fine
rains all through September have made pas
turage excellent. Muscatine-The long
drought has been broken by a few days rain
which so softened the ground that the fall
plowing has been resumed. This last sum
mcr season has been marked by the unusual
prevalence of insects that have preyed upon
grain and vegetables. Jefferson-Corn will
average better than was supposed at last
months report. Mahaska-The drought con-
tinued in this section until September 25,
! since which time rains have fallen. Pastures
are very short The corn crop was matured
finely and is of good quality. Potatoes and
buclSwhcat have suffered from drought.
Powsheik-Dry weather and chinch
bugs took the sap out of
corn so that it has dried up and some of the
late planted is loose on the cob, though sound.
Oats turned out better than was expected.
Wheat when threshed was found to be poor
in quality in the southern portion of the
county. 1t turned out more to the acre than
in the northern. The late rains helped the
wells and pastures. Stock generally looks
well. Some cholera among hogs. Buchanan
Wheat and rye are very little raised in this
county. Oats and barley were much injured
by the drought, and much of the corn was
damaged. Fayette-Copious rains during
September leave pastures green and fall feed
abundant wheat Is not raised to any extent,
1t was totally destroyed by chinch bugs.
The main crops are grass, oats and corn.
Benton-The wheat was light in quantity
and poor III quality; also rye and barley.
Buckwheat looks well and needs good
weather for awhile to ripen it. Sweet
potatoes are of good quality. Maricopa-
Corn is much better quality than
was expected one month ago. Much of it is
full average yield of good quality. Only "A
small yield of early potatoes. Late crop
nearly "a failure. MadisonLThe chinch bugs
destroyed large portion of the wheat. Not
more than 20 per cent of it was harvested.
The yield of what was cut was about
six bushels. Potatoes may be regarded as Il
failure, owing to dry weather, while the tuberS
were forming. E'rankhn-Corn is not as
good as was expected owing to dry weather
and chinch bugs. Sorghum will yield about
two-thirds of a crop. Lucas-Wheat was
damaged by drought and the chinch bugs.
Rye was an average crop. Oats were better
than was expected. Corn better than eX-
pccted. Potatoes and buckwheat are indf-
ferent crops. Howard-A large acreage of
wheat was plowed under, as it was ruined by
drought and chinch bugs. Barley was
mostly plowed under. Wheat is late and will
be damaged by frost. Corn was shortened
by drought and damaged by chnch bugs.
Oats were the best small grain crop, but were
damaged by drought. Clnton-Fine weather
at present, which will help fall pastures; the
agricultural outlook is much better than it
was month ago.
Chicksaw-The sorghum crop has all been
manufactured into molasses. Decatur-Nery
little wheat grown. Guthric-Whcat badly
damaged by chinch bugs. Corn in some
parts of the county is above an average crop
and in other parts nearly failure on account
of recent local rains Black Hawk-An
abundance of rain during September, but too
late to materially benefit crops except grass
The late rains have produced IA wonderful
growth of fall feed, but came too late for
any benefit to grain crops. The potatoe crop
is very light. Boone-Our prospects have
been failure. We expected large Yields,
but owing to drought and chinch bugs we
have nearly a failure. Des Moines-Wheat,
| rye and oats all threshed The yield and
| quality better than expected The
| potatoes are nearly ii failure. Considerable
| corn husked for feed, the old crop being ex-
| hausted. 1t will not come up to early eX-
pectatiOn but is all sound. Henry-'Ihe corn
| crop is past all damage by frost, is solid and
of good quality The late planted potatoes
We're ruined by drought. Carroll-Wheat
and barley are very badly damaged by chinch
| bugs. Corn is not as fair a crop as had been
| expected on account of drought. Iowa and
| Cerro GordoA moderate rain all during the
| past month helped the pastures no frosts as
| yet II harm the corn or vines which is rather
| unusual for this latitude.
Sparks May Resign.
| WAsHINGToN, Oct. lS.-l Special Telegram
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